I wonder why many New Yorkers have been led to believe that the only Handel conductor in the world is Harry Bicket.
I don’t usually attend a performance of an opera I’ve known well most of my life expecting a revelation.
Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall two remarkable slices of soprano-heaven were served up, first by Carolyn Sampson and then by Erin Morley, during the second act of Handel’s Orlando.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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